One former New York Jets general manager wasn’t enough for Philadelphia Eagles general manager Howie Roseman.

In May 2025, Roseman tabbed his former vice president of player personnel, Joe Douglas, to return to Philadelphia as the Eagles’ senior vice president of player personnel. Douglas, of course, served as the Jets’ general manager from 2019-24.

Now, Roseman is bringing in Douglas’ predecessor, Mike Maccagnan.

The Jets’ former GM, who spearheaded the team’s roster construction from 2015-19, is joining the Eagles as a personnel executive. According to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, Maccagnan is coming aboard “to lend expertise to some younger scouts who will be on the road.”

Maccagnan and Douglas’ legacies in New York are closely intertwined. In 2019, Maccagnan was allowed to oversee the Jets’ free agency period and NFL draft process, only for New York to fire him in May and replace him with Douglas.

Maccagnan’s role in Philadelphia will be his first job in the NFL since he was let go by the Jets. The news of his NFL return comes nine days prior to the seventh anniversary of his shocking firing, which rocked the football world on May 15, 2019.

After replacing Maccagnan, Douglas oversaw a 7-9 season led by head coach Adam Gase, featuring a Maccagnan-constructed roster that Douglas had very little imprint on. Despite Douglas’ lack of influence on the 2019 team, it turned out to be the Jets’ best single-season win percentage under Douglas’ watch. New York went 32-68 (.320) across Douglas’ six seasons.

Maccagnan joined the Jets in 2015, replacing John Idzik. In his first season, Maccagnan won the NFL’s Executive of the Year award. New York went 10-6, a six-win improvement over the previous year.

However, the Jets’ 2015 turnaround was mostly facilitated by Maccagnan’s veteran additions on the free agent and trade markets, such as Brandon Marshall, Darrelle Revis, and Ryan Fitzpatrick. When those players declined in future years, Maccagnan struggled to establish a young foundation through the draft.

Of the 34 players drafted by Maccagnan from 2015-19, only one of them played a game for the Jets after 2022: defensive tackle Quinnen Williams, who was a no-brainer selection with the third overall pick in 2019. Fellow defensive tackle Nathan Shepherd, a 2018 third-round pick, was the only other player besides Williams to make it past 2021 with the Jets.

Neither Douglas nor Maccagnan seemed cut out for the GM chair in their first go-arounds, but it speaks volumes about their football acumen that a successful organization like Philadelphia sees value in having them in their front office. Certainly, the pressure of being a GM isn’t for everyone, especially in a high-pressure market like New York and for a desperate franchise like the Jets.

Darren Mougey is doing his best to avoid the same fate. But if things go haywire, perhaps Howie Roseman will come calling in a few years.